Psalms 79:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.”
Psalms 79:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Psalms 79:2 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Psalms 79:2 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Psalms 79:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.”
Psalms 79:2 — World English Bible
Psalms 79:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. ”
Psalms 79:2 — American Standard Version
Psalms 79:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.”
Psalms 79:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Psalms 79:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“ The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth: ”
Psalms 79:2 — Darby Translation
Psalms 79:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The dead bodies of thy seruats haue they giuen to be meat vnto foules of ye heauen: and the flesh of thy Saintes vnto the beastes of the earth.”
Psalms 79:2 — Geneva Bible
Psalms 79:2 in Context — Psalms 79
1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
What Does Psalms 79:2 Mean?
Psalms 79:2 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 79. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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